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#8D8A2A

#8d8a2a ≈ Olive

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#8d8a2a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.29% red, 54.12% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.13% magenta, 70.21% yellow and 44.71% black. Its hue angle is 58.18°, with 54.1% saturation and 35.88% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Olive (#808000), ΔE 4.63.

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Relative luminance0.2401

Complementary

  1. #8d8a2a
  2. #2a2d8d

Split complementary

  1. #8d8a2a
  2. #2a5e8d
  3. #582a8d

Analogous

  1. #8d582a
  2. #8d8a2a
  3. #5e8d2a

Triadic

  1. #8d8a2a
  2. #2a8d8a
  3. #8a2a8d

Tetradic

  1. #8d8a2a
  2. #2d8d2a
  3. #2a2d8d
  4. #8a2a8d

Square

  1. #8d8a2a
  2. #2a8d58
  3. #2a2d8d
  4. #8d2a5e

Monochromatic

  1. #171707
  2. #525018
  3. #8d8a2a
  4. #c6c13e
  5. #d7d479

Shades

#8d8a2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8d8a2a
  2. #7f7c26
  3. #716e22
  4. #63611d
  5. #555319
  6. #474515
  7. #383711
  8. #2a290d
  9. #1c1c08
  10. #0e0e04
  11. #000000

Tints

#8d8a2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8d8a2a
  2. #98963f
  3. #a4a155
  4. #afad6a
  5. #bbb97f
  6. #c6c595
  7. #d1d0aa
  8. #dddcbf
  9. #e8e8d4
  10. #f4f3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8d8a2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8d8a2a
  2. #8c8933
  3. #8a883b
  4. #898744
  5. #88864c
  6. #878555
  7. #85845e
  8. #848366
  9. #83826f
  10. #818177
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89886d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96841b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #978831 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #978177 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #928722 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #93892e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #938561 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8d8a2a {
  color: #8d8a2a;
}
Background
.bg-8d8a2a {
  background-color: #8d8a2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8d8a2a {
  border: 2px solid #8d8a2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8d8a2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 138 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 54% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8d8a2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8d8a2a, #5e8d2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8d8a2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 138 42 / 0.35);
}

#808000 Olive ΔE 4.63 #6b8e23 Olive Drab ΔE 9.51 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.83 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 10.36 #568203 Avocado ΔE 12.65 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 14.31 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 14.46 #7275d5 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Olive
#8d8a2a  rgb(141, 138, 42)  hsl(58, 54%, 36%)  Olive
#2a2d8d  rgb(42, 45, 141)  hsl(238, 54%, 36%)  Imperial Blue
#2a8d8a  rgb(42, 141, 138)  hsl(178, 54%, 36%)  Dark Cyan
#8a2a8d  rgb(138, 42, 141)  hsl(298, 54%, 36%)  Dark Magenta